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JAMES T. WALKER, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

Leners Patent No. 80,100, ma Ju@ 21, 186s.

IMPROVED DISH-CLOTH HOLDER..

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Be it known that I, JAMES T. WALKER, of Albany, in the county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented a. new and useful Dish-Cloth Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and d' exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make und use' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of' this specification, in which- Figure'l is a. perspective view of I ny invention, with a dish-cloth in the holder, and showing the manner of using the same to cleanfruit-jars, pitchers, lite.

Figure 2 is a. similar view, showing by dotted lines the position of thehooked rod when moved out to grasp the cloth.

Figure 3 is a perspective view looking from the ring or large end.

Figure 4 is a. perspective view of the hooked rod.` i

Figure 5 is a. perspective view of the hooked rod looking from the upper 'or loop end towards the hook.

Figure 6 is a sectional view of the lower end of the handle, showingthe position of the three bruce-rods and hole for the hooked rod. l.

Figure 7 is a similar view of the upper end of the hnndle,showin g the groove for the hookedrod and loop on the upper end of the rod. l l

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and efficient instrumentor device for holding a dish-cloth, so that the same can4 be inserted in any fruitjnr, pitcher, cnp,o,r other close-mouthed vessel or dish, for the purpose of quickly and perfectly cleaning suchja'r or dish; and it consists of a. Suitable handle, with a. groove extending from one end nearly to the other, and a. hole bored for the rest of the way. i

Three wire rods are driven into. the end' in .which the-hole is bored, at points'equidistant from each other. The wires are then bent or curved out, and their free ends looped on to a wire ring at equidistant points on its circumference. A wire rod is then inserted in the groove and hole, and the lower end bent into a. hook, and the upper end into a loop, and bent out at right angles to ,the handle. The hook is formed for drawing a cloth through the ring, so as to hold it in a secure manner.4

T-o enable othersito understand myginvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, the handle, grooved from a to and the groove continued by n hole throughto the endd d; three wire rods, c e c, driven or fastened into the end d d of the handle A, then bent o r curvedout, and their free ends looped on to the ring B; a. rod, 0, sliding through the groove and hole in-the handle and-bent into the hook D at one end, land the loop E at'the other, as shown clearly in iig. 2. I v

The position o't' the rods c c c in the cmd of the handle will be seen in fig. 6. i Thcirposition on the ring B is shown in figf.,

The depth of the groove a b is shown in fig. 7, where shape of loop is alsofshown.

p To use my invention, it is only necessary to move the hooked rod into the position shown by the dotted lines in iig. 2. Then, by placing the dish-cloth on the hook, and drawing the hooked rod back, the cloth will be drawn through the ring and held securely. The holder and-cloth can then be inserted'in the jar orfpitclrer, and the same be perfectly and quickly cleaned.

What I clni-ni as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The three rods c c c, the ring B, and grooved handle A, in combination with the sliding rod C, with the hook D and loop E, the whole formed substantially as and in the manner shown and described, for the purpqs/e set forth.v

JAMES T. WALKER.

Witnesses:

WM. DALLMAI, A. W. STREET. 

